DIESEL FUEL ONLY

[fuseboxer]

I highlighted the Diesel on the yellow fuel can with black permanent ink.

 

[jester156]

years ago my mother filled our diesel tanks with gasoline and luckily my father caught the mistake AFTER the tank was full but not before the tractor was run long. just had to drain the tank and replace the filter.
My cousin's husband was traveling from Alabama to Florida and needed to fill his diesel truck. Instead of reading the pump, he went off the handle color to determine which was diesel... Well in Florida.... they don't have the same color diesel pump handles. Expensive mistake.

 

[charleyfarmall]

My wife started to put gas in a diesel tractor a year ago but thought it was wrong and called me. Turned out ok, but man, every tractor we had was diesel including the tiller! Only the lawn mower used gasoline.

I wrote: "Don't be a weasel, please used Diesel" by the filler cap...

 

[billb3]

What kind of fuel to put in would come in handy on cars.

I had a couple from France with a rental come ask me to help them at the gas station the other day.
I checked the fuel door, the dashboard fuel gauge. Nothing. There was no way to figure out what to put in the thing. Course no owner's manual in the glove box, either.
Went with "regular unless it states otherwise ".
That must be the rule these days.


With so many choices now (throw E85 into the mix in the heartland) despite nozzles being different sizes, everything really should be well labelled.

 

[fuseboxer]

You wrote; I had a couple from France with a rental come ask me to help them at the gas station the other day.


Europe is near 100% diesel cars and trucks using low sulfur fuel. Good thing you helped them they probably have never pumped gasoline.

 

[shanehobson]

My wife rang me at work one day to complain that our brand new $1000 lawn mower was smoking and running rough. I had no idea so told her to turn it off and I will check when I got home. Investigation at home (show me which can you filled the mower from dear) revealed she had been running our petrol lawn mower on diesel for about 1/2 an hour. Didn't seem to hurt it. Cleaned it out, put some petrol in and away it went. The dealer gave me some technical explanation about how a small 4 stroke petrol engine can actually run (poorly) on diesel but my eyes glazed over. Still hunting for a 65hp cab tractor to make hay

 

[grsthegreat]

My wife rang me at work one day to complain that our brand new $1000 lawn mower was smoking and running rough. I had no idea so told her to turn it off and I will check when I got home. Investigation at home (show me which can you filled the mower from dear) revealed she had been running our petrol lawn mower on diesel for about 1/2 an hour. Didn't seem to hurt it. Cleaned it out, put some petrol in and away it went. The dealer gave me some technical explanation about how a small 4 stroke petrol engine can actually run (poorly) on diesel but my eyes glazed over. Still hunting for a 65hp cab tractor to make hay

adding diesel to a gas tractor wont hurt it overall, just the oil issues. Youll be blowing some smoke for a bit till its burnt off. I remember years ago being told by a mechanic to add some diesel to my old audi...to help lube the innerds. He told me to do it once in a while, and i did. I put on over 250,000 miles on that car.

But doing the other way around by adding gas to a diesel could be a BIG issue. Diesel compresion on gas can cause an explosion (has happened on marine engines before) . Diesel engines rely on the oily fuel for proper operation. Oh, by the way, the 30 gallons of gas/oil garbage that they drained out of my wifes truck was taken home by the mechanic and used in his lawnmower. He asked me if he could have it, i said ok. He had no issues with using it.

 

[fuseboxer]

you wrote; adding diesel to a gas tractor wont hurt it overall, just the oil issues. Youll be blowing some smoke for a bit till its burnt off


My bet is the spark plugs would foul shut and the top of the pistons would carbon up if it were heavy 100% diesel. Mixed with gas 50/50 and with thin spring/fall/winter diesel fuel would be less harmful. The summer and winter diesel is different. In Michigan with the temp able to change fast many truckers have had "heavy summer diesel fuel" turn to jelly and not pump when the temp turns cold fast. That is why you add kerosene to thin it out so it will pump and burn. JD tractors can have the same problem. In the cold winter you want thin diesel.

 

[smalltown]

fuseboxer I was discussing diesel fuel with my nephew and mentioned that the off road deisel that I had found was labeled high sulfur deisel and I did not want to buy it. He also stated that I was better off buying the "regular" pump diesel as they change to the winter blend and the off road does not.

 

[grsthegreat]

you wrote; adding diesel to a gas tractor wont hurt it overall, just the oil issues. Youll be blowing some smoke for a bit till its burnt off


My bet is the spark plugs would foul shut and the top of the pistons would carbon up if it were heavy 100% diesel. Mixed with gas 50/50 and with thin spring/fall/winter diesel fuel would be less harmful. The summer and winter diesel is different. In Michigan with the temp able to change fast many truckers have had "heavy summer diesel fuel" turn to jelly and not pump when the temp turns cold fast. That is why you add kerosene to thin it out so it will pump and burn. JD tractors can have the same problem. In the cold winter you want thin diesel.

i only said add some diesel to the tank..not run straight diesel. i doubt a gas engine would run at all with 100% diesel